Senator Says Colonisation Had No Lasting Negative Impact on Aboriginal People

“That is the worst possible thing you can do to any human being, is tell them they’re a victim without agency,” Ms. Price said

National's Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price prior to being interviewed by television at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on July 28, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Price, says there are no ongoing negative impacts from the British colonisation of Australia, and has called on Indigenous Australians to move away from the victimhood narrative.

During a speech at the National Press Club on Sept. 14, Senator Price argued that the conversation around colonisation and its ongoing impacts on Indigenous Australians can be harmful.